Dear Friends, Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. [Ephesians 5:15-16] Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. [Psalms 90:12] These two scriptures talk...
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June 2024
Dear Friends, Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. [1 Thessalonians 15:16-18] In many churches today, the weekly prayer meeting is usually the most unattended in the programme, or it has...
May 2024
Dear Friends, It is an honour to serve as Pastor at Baginton Road URC. The Lord has called me here for a purpose, and I am committed wholeheartedly to fulfilling that purpose. I am full of joy, excitement and expectation for the future of this Church. It has been a...
Poetry Café at the Open Doors Café
Poetry Café meets each month in the Open Doors Café at 2.30pm. Meetings arenormally on the first Thursday of each month but this is sometimes changed so please check beforehand with Warwick Road Centre Office: 024 7622 0299.We each share two or three poems – these are...
April 2024
Dear Friends, On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. [Luke 24: 1-3]...
March 2024
Dear Friends But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary; they will walk and not be faint. [Isaiah 40:31 NIV] Isaiah is my favourite OT prophet; the writing is full of rich poetic...
February 2024
Dear Friends Wherever I travel, I wear a wooden bead bracelet onto which is carved the biblical phrase: Wherever you go, I will go with you. I have always found that declaration so lovingly reassuring. So when, in late November, I received a ticket to North Carolina...
December 2023 January 2024
Dear Friends, When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” [John 8:12 NIV] You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it...
November 2023
Dear Friends Be Still and know that I am God. [Psalm 46 v10] A group of us has just returned from a weekend retreat held at Lee Abbey, a Christian Community in North Devon. The weekend was entitled Renew, Resource, Refresh and for me, this was my third time of...